Teacher A Suicide

TEACHER A SUICIDE

   Columbus, O., April 9. - Prof. Ernest A. Eggers, head of the department of German at the Ohio state university. committed suicide last evening by shooting himself at his home. It is said he was despondent from ill health. Though himself not a college graduate, Prof. Eggers was noted among college educators. He taught in several Michigan high schools before coming to the Ohio state university in 1882. He was about 42 years old. A widow, who is a member of a distinguished German family, survives with two children.